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Tried to get my hands on one of those trees when they announced years ago and was told that it would probably never happen. I jabbed back that my tax dollars allowed their institution to develop that variety and was told to pound sand. I have since tried the cosmic and find it too sweet, too expensive, and has a funny aftertaste. Recently purchased some Opals thinking they were golden delicious. They are very crisp and sweet with a pear like quality. The skin can have brown spots and such but are never bruised. Definitely worth a look . ------------- The sadder but wiser girl for me. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
18 varieties discussed: https://www.thespruceeats.com/apple-varieties-2216283 https://www.thespruceeats.com/...s-for-eating-1388319 Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Fortified with Sleestak |
I live in apple country and enjoy many different kinds. Fuji and Galas are enjoyable but my favorite is just a strait up York. Yorks are the in demand apples for applesauce. I tried Honeycrisp recently and was underwhelmed. Perhaps it was the particular batch I had but found them bitter. Definitely not worth the extra scratch regardless of how long they last. I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
My go-to is the Braeburn. Great apple for a lunchbox or a pie. It'll do everything and taste good doing it. In quantity though, they are in short supply around these parts so I use Golden delicious for my applesauce. I can get them by the crate. After hearing so many great things about the Cosmic crunch, I tried one today. A less tasty Granny Smith is all they are IMO. Decidedly underwhelmed. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Only the strong survive |
One apple you don't see much of any more is the Mutsu apple. It was the most popular by my neighbors and they would completely clean the tree of apples. Mutsu is listed in some studies of the most antioxygen: The Most Nutritious Types of Apples, Ranked by Antioxidant Levels Melanie Pinola 4/02/14 Some apples might be better than others when it comes to keeping the doctor away. Canadian researchers analyzed the antioxidant levels in eight different apple varieties to find which ones have the highest concentrations of those disease-fighting compounds. Blue Jack Orchards reports the study results published by the American Chemical Society: In order of antioxidant levels, the varieties ranked: Red Delicious (2,012), Northern Spy (1,548), Ida Red (1,479), Cortland (1,323), Golden Delicious (1,265), McIntosh (1,163), Mutsu (1,017) and Empire (782). The numbers are measures of total phenolic content in parts per million. It's interesting to note that Red Delicious had more than twice the antioxidants as Empire apples. The researchers chose these varieties because they all grew on the same orchard in Ontario, so the growing conditions were the same. They also found that polyphenol levels—a major source of antioxidants in apples—were five times higher in the skin than in the flesh. So eating apple pie is probably not as healthy for you as eating an apple whole (although you could bake an apple pie in an appleand get the skin too). Either way, when picking apples for health reasons more than for flavor or cooking purpose, think redder may be better. https://lifehacker.com/the-mos...-antioxid-1556951427 41 | |||
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I’m a fan too. Honeycrisp was my favorite until I tried a Cosmic Crisp apple. | |||
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Peace through superior firepower |
Sounds like a Nancy Drew Mystery | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! |
Just found some more of these at my local Aldi this past weekend, they are awesome:
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
I think I mentioned earlier in this thread that as a kid in upstate NY we had family outings to visit apple growers and pick our own. So many decades ago I can't remember where although I want to say in the Amsterdam area...dunno. But my sister's family now visits this place for fruit picking. They have over 20 varieties of apples. Damn I miss this stuff! https://www.navarinoorchard.com/ Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Political Cynic |
finally saw some Cosmic Crisp so I bought a couple and will try them | |||
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You're going to feel a little pressure... |
We have one of these. Anna (apple) - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_(apple) Last year, it had 12 apples on the whole tree. It was our only apple tree and we were told that was okay as it didn't need another tree to produce fruit. But, we were told, it might be more productive if it was near another apple tree. We got another (tiny) tree. This year, it has 12 apples on one single branch! We are going to be making and canning lots of pie filling! Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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Political Cynic |
I picked up 2 cosmic crisps at the store yesterday and tried them they were really good, much better than the honey crisp - a bit sweeter thanks for the lead | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Good deal. Hoping to have a few picked up on the next grocery run. THX Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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my 2 favorites are Braebun and Cortland "All warfare is based on deception" Sun Tzu, The art of War | |||
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Political Cynic |
just had another cosmic crisp and I'm now a convert if I can get both cosmic and honey crisp, I will pick cosmic every time | |||
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Don't Panic |
Grew up in one of the best areas in the country for apple-growing, so was spoiled at an early age. Some of our golf courses had apple trees growing on their own in between the greens and the tees that made better apples than stuff you could get in the supermarket back then. Spent 10 years in the Boston area, and they had some variety or other that was stupendously large, bright red and picturesque. Beautiful looking in a bin or on a plate, just aching for a 'still life' painter. Sadly, they tasted like someone had dipped sawdust, briefly, in diluted apple juice. I have to admit, the Honeycrisp are the best that I've seen in supermarkets and are the only variety that I've rebought for snacking on since growing up in the Heart of the Fruit Belt in the '60s. I honestly don't know why I bought the first ones, having been disappointed by commercial apples for about 50 years, but I'm glad I did. Sounds like I should try some of the other new varieties as well. | |||
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california tumbles into the sea |
Fruit today is engineered to be too sweet anyway - especially apples, oranges etc. I stick with berries - blue, black, raspberries, etc. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Just finished a Cosmic Crisp. Not bad at all but not sure it will replace Fuji's as my regular go to with Pink Lady's as a change of pace. We don't get NY varieties in these parts. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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I'm in Florida and I don't recall any Florida apples for sale. So, based on the OP and others in this thread, I purchased some Honey Crisps. I didn't notice the price being higher than other apples, but, usually, when I've determined to buy something at a relatively low price, I don't care enough to compare the cost. Sat down about half an hour ago with half of one, and gave my wife the other half. It was one of the worst tasting apples I've ever tasted. And, despite it being out of character, my wife agreed with me. I gave her the rest, and she and our dog, PC, ate it all. I cut up a Gala, which she likes and I am not fond of, but it was much better than the Honey Crisp, IMO. Some of the names here are not available in my area, some are. None are real good to my taste EXCEPT the Golden Delicious. Bob | |||
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Be not wise in thine own eyes |
I imagine that I probably liked Honeycrisp while they were still a number, before they had a name. As a kid visiting our grandparents we would stop at the University of Minnesota Apple House and try all the new varieties. Don’t believe it was called “AppleHouse” at the time, just a farm type building with boxes of various apples from the research to purchase. You could sample all of the apples and purchase a bushel. Most of the apples were not named just had assigned numbers. Those were the best of times and apples. “We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden “Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021 | |||
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